Distributer and conveyer.



M. &' H. W. GARLAND.

DISTRIBUTER AND GONVEYER. APPLICATION FILED H1129. 1908.

906,216.- Patented Dec.8, 1908.

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' ATTOR EY M. & H. W. GARLAND.

DISTRIBUTEB. AND CONVEYER. APPLICATION TILED FEB. 29. 190B.

96,2 1 6 Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

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1 ATTORNEY UNITED sra rals ra ranr QFFICE.

MICHAEL GARLAND AND HARRISON \Y. GARLAND, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS TO THE M. GARLAND 00., OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN. A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

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' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MICHAEL GARLAND and Hanaxsox \V. GARLAND, citizens of the United States, both residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributers and Conveyers; and we do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to a storing device and is more partieularlyadapted for the handling and storin of pulp wood or other timber and material.

Que object is to provide means foreasily and quickly conveying the wood from cars or vessels to the storage grounds and dis tributing it thereover;

Another object is to provide means for conveying the wood or other material from the storage grounds to the pulp mill room or other point of final discharge.

Other objects associated with the above are the provision of means for supplying the pulp wood or other material to any desired location in the storage ground, and

I the provision of means for preventing the freezing of "the water; in the conveying flames.

To these and other ends, our invention consists in-certain novel features and combinations, such as will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed outin In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a diagrammatic plan view of one form of storing device which our invention may,

assume; g. 2 is a side elevation partly in section; F ig. 3 .is an end view of aslight modification applied to the elevated distributing fiume-system; and Fig. 4 is a front view, of the same.

The pulp wood or other. material may be brought to thestorage rourfd or yard by vessc, asindicated at A) or by rail, as at ('B).

The invention is located in the storage yard andconsists principally of a main flume elevated above the wound ands series of branch fiu'mes exten mg lateral y relative to the mam fiume, which latter is adapt- Speciflcetion of Letters Yatent. I Application filed February 2, 1908. Serial No. 418,587.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

ed to discharge its contents into any one of the branch flames.

The branch flames are each provided with discharging means at suitable points throughout their lengths whereby the material conveyed can be delivered to any point in the yard. The conveyer system extends over the entire yard and the material is discharged in piles beneath the distributing conveyor.

Located near the ground level beneath the elevated system of distributing eenveyers is a system of delivering eonveyers adapted to convey the material from the yard into the pulp mill or to any other point of dis charge.

In carryin out our invention we provide a system of distributing conveyers elevated upon the trestles (1) (l) and comprising a nutin Home (2), which may extend approximately parallel with the track (B). The flame is conveniently formed with diverging walls (3) (3) and a flat or other shaped bottom-(4) receivedbetween the walls. The construction of the remaining flames may be the same so that a description of one sutlices for all. y

The pulp wood or other material is discharged from the car or vessel onto a mov able inclined rollway, such (5), which leads to the foot of a traveling elevator. This elevator may be of any suitable construction, that shown comprising a; frame (6) provided at its lower end with wheels The elevator is adapted-to be'moved to any convenient point along the track"(B) to accommodate itself to the position of'the vehicle in which the material'is shipped.

The head of't'he elevator lies adjacent an inclined skidway ('14) leading to the main flmne (52). The material delivered by the rollway. tothe foot of the elevator is carried up and discharged onto the slridway,

chutes are widened, as at (17 to allow the.

material to turn into the chutes from the main flume.

Sliding gates (18) extend across and close the outer ends of the chutes to prevent the discharge of material and water therefrom. W ealso place similar gates (19) across the main flume adjacent the juncture of each chute with the flume. In practice, one gate only is necessary, since when gate (18) is in place, gate (19) is removed and vice versa. hence, gate (18) is placed in the position indicated at (19) when it is desired to discharge logs and water from the respective chutes (17').

A plurality of inclined branch flumes (20) extend laterally relative to the main flume. These branch flumes" are on a slightly lower horizontal plane than the main flume and their receiving ends-are overhung by the discharge ends of the'chutes (17), whereby to receive the material discharged from the chutes. Each branch flume is provided at intervals with removable side gates (21) (21) arranged in pairs, which gates when in position iorm' portions of the inclined side walls of the flumes.

A cross gate (22) is removably located across the branch flume on the down side of each pair of side gates (21) the gate (22) capable ofassuming either of the positions (22) or (23).

The cross gates throughout the system may be arranged at right angles to and across the flumes, but we prefer to arrange the angle of the gate will operate to shunt the material into the ad acent opening through which the material is to pass.

Pivotally supported on the trestle-work so (1) directly beneath each pair of side gates (21) (21) is a pivotally supported bracket (24) adapted to swing in a horizontalplane to either side of the flume (20). Each bracket carries a slightly inclined trough (25) adapted to receive the material discharged from thesides of the flumes (20) when either one of the side gates (21) is removed. The material delivered to the troughs is discharged onto the ground in piles beneath the branch flumes 20).

In some instances, instead of providing a series of swinging brackets and'troughs for each pair of side gates, we may employ the following construction, shown more particudischarges the material onto them diagonally across the flumes so that scams grees to discharge material in a pile at the a side of the branch flumes. In order to discharge material, into the traveling trough, we may equip the branch flumes with stationary chutes (32) projecting laterally from the branch flumes. The inner ends of the chutes are closed by the side gates .(21).

The operation of the foregoing part of our invention is as follows: The material sup plied from the elevator is dumped into the main flume adjacent the first branch flume and Water is admitted to the main flume.

Assuming the storage yard .to be empty, the

gate (18). is-removed from its position across the end of the first chute (17) and 1s placed across the main flume in the osition shown at (19), shunting the materia into the chute which in turn discharges it into the adj acent branch flume (20). A cross gate" is then placed across the branch fiumein'the position indicated at (22) or and one or the other of the side gates (21) removed. Such side gate may be used as a cross gate. The trough adjacent the opening left in the branch flume by removing the side gate, is swung into position to receive'th'e material delivered through said openin The trough e ground in a pile, which pile may occupy'a 'positiondetermined by the arc of 180 degrees, through which the trough (25) operates. When enough material has passed through one side gate opening, the opening is closed and the opposite side gate removed to allowthe discharge of material. As soon as the 'groi'md beneath the first pair of side gates is filled, the side gate last removed from'its position is replaced, thus opening the flume along which the material is carried until the next pair of side gates is reached, whereuponthe above-described operation is repeated; As soon as the storage ground beneath one branch flume is filled, the gate is removed from position (15)) in the main fiumeand too replaced in position (18) thus openingthe .main flume to the next branch flume where the same procedure is. repeated. Buthalfthe work, however, is completed when the material has been dumped'ontothe storage v ground by the system of distributing conveyers. There yet remains to be devised,

65 larly at the right of Fig. 1 and in Figs. 3 and l some means for conveying the material to.

, of delivering conveyers located adjacent to vthe ground beneath the elevated distributing the nip machine. its one means for accomphs'ung this end, wefhave devised a system main iiunies (33) extendinginto the pulp or other mill, the entire system of delivering conveyers being inclined to discharge their contents in to the pulp or other mill through the fiume (33). The intermediate conveyers (34) are located alternately relative to the elevated branch fiumes so that the material discharged from the elevated troughs will not fall directly onto the intermediate flames beneath,

A pipe (35) froinpunip (15) supplies the delivering conveyer or system with water and gates (36) may be removably located at the junctures of the intermediate flumes with the; main fiume (33). The ends of the intermediate flumes are broadened at their juncture with the main flunies to allow the material to make the turn from one fiume into the other without clogging the flumes.

' As it. is necessary to use the delivering conveyer system in Winter, it'is advisable to provide means for preventing the water in the delivery system from freezing, to which end we run a steam pipe (37) beneath the bottom l) of each main and intermediate delivery Flume.

t is evident that changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing {rem the spirit and scope of our invention, and hence we do not wish to limit ourselves to the exact construction herein set forth.

Haring thus fully disclosed our. invention, what we claim as new isl. A distributing storage and conveyer system for yards comprising a main flame, elevated branch flumes' ittending. over the yard means for supplying the flume With water, .means for elevating material and dumping it into the tlurne, means for shuntingthe material into any one of the branch tiumes, means for dischargingthe material from the successive points in the branch 'ilumcs, a plurality of delivery conveyers located near the ground, comprising main thunrs, intermediate flumes extending between and connecting the main fiumes, and means for supplying the delivery conveyer system withwater.

2. A distributing storage and conveyer sys tem reinpi ising a serie. of elevated distributing conveyers, means for supplying material and water thereto, means for discharging the material from diiferent points in the elevated conveyers, a plurality of delivery .conveyers located near the gr und, and

means for supplying water thereto.

3. A distributing storage and cenveyer system comprising a series of elevated distributmg conveyers, means for su )plying material and water thereto, means or dischargin the material from different points in the e evated conveyers, a plurality of delivery conveyers located near the ground, means for supplying water thereto, and means for preventing the water from freezing. v

4. A distributing storage and conveyer sys'ten comprising a main fiume, adapted to receive a liquid carr ing medium, a traveling elevator for supp ying material to any point in the fiume, stationary branch flumesprojecting laterally away from the main Hume, means for discharging the liquid and the material carried thereby into any one of the branch flames, and means for dischar ing the material and liquid from any one o the branch flumes at points intermediate its ends.

A distributing storage and conveyer system con'iprising a main fluine, means for discharging material into the flume, chutes communicating with and projecting laterally from the main "flume at intervals, the chutes being broadened at their junctures with the main Hume, cross-gates for closing branch flumes into which the chutes deliver the material, and means for discharging the material from the branch fiumes at intermediate points in their lengths.

6. A distributing storage and conveyersystem comprising a main flume, means for discharging material thereinto, chutes communicating with and projecting laterally from the main fiume at intervals, means for directing the material into any of the chutes, and for closing any one of the chutes, a series of branch fiumes located on a plane beneath the chutes and adapted to receive material frdm the chutes, sections of the opposite sides of each branch flume being removable to, leave discharge openings, and gates for preventingthe passage of material past such openings.

7. A distributing storage and conveyer system comprising amain flume, means for discharging'material thereinto, a plurality of branch flumes, means for discharging material from the main fiume into any one of the branch flumes, sections of the opposite sides of each branch flume being removable to leave discharge openings, and gates for preventing the passage of material past such openings. 1

8. A distributing storage and conve'yer system comprising a main fiume, adapted to receive a liquid conveyingnnedium, means for supplying the flume with material to .be conveyed, a branch tlume extending laterally away from the main tlume, means for deliveringnnaterial and liquid from the main name into the branch flume, and means for discharging the material and liquid at oints intermediate the length of the branch time.

I 9. A distributing storage and conveyor system comprising a main flume, means'for supplying the flum'e with material, a plurai ty of branch fiumes,'means for delivering material from the main fiume into any one of-the branch flumes, means for discharging the material from points intermediate the len th of the branch flumes, and swinging troug hs into which the material 'from the branch flumes isdischarged and by which it is dumped onto the storage ground. 10. A distributing storage and conveyer system comprising a main flume, means for supplying the flume Withmaterial; a plurality of branch flumes, means for delivering material. from tlie-maiii-fiume into any one of the branch flumes, means for discharging the material from points intermediate the length of the branch flumes, and pivotally-" supported troughs adapted to travel along side the branch flumes to receive the mate-.

' length of the branch flumes, and a series of conveying flumes arranged beneath the branch .fiumes and adapted to receive 'material discharged from the branch flumes and lead it to a predetermined point.

12-. A storage andeoiweyer system comprising an elevated main flume a series of elevated branch flumes, means for diverting material from the main fiume intocharging the material froin the branch flumes at intermediate points in their lengths, a series of inclined delivery conveyers located delivery 'conveyers comprising main flumes and intermediate flumes connecting themain flumes;

13. A distributing storage and conveyer system comprising a plurality of delivery conveyers, the delivery conveyers comprisconnectirig the main fiunies, the intermediate of the main fiumes,-and means for shunting nestingthe main flumes, the intermediate preventing the water from freezing.

tures in presence of two witnesses. 1

MICHAEL GARLAND. "HARRISON GARLAND.

Witnesses:

ROY KJCRONKHITE, KATHRYN A. Warmers.

on a plane beneath the branch flumes, the,

material into one or the other-of the inter-- .mediate flumes. v I T 14. A distributing storage and-,.conveyer' system comprisinga plurality 0t delivery conveyers, the delivery conveyers comprising main flumes and intermediate flumes con-I flumes being inclined to discharge into one of the main flumes, means for supplying "the 7 delivery flumes with water and meansior In testimony whereofywe afiix our signa any one of tlie branch flumes, means for dising main flumes' and intermediate flumes flumes being inclined. to discharge into one 

